The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-12
SOUTH CAROLINA.

| D, 1t was unanimously resolved 10 sell 1he
| fair grounds at public auction on sales day
| in Noyember-the sale to be without reser-
walton.
| A meeting of the Executive Committee of
| the Agricultural, Mechanical and Horticul-
| turA Association of Chester, York, Lancas-
| ter and Fairfield was held at Chester Monday,
| Senator M. G. Butler and Hon. ID. K. Dun
| can will be invited to deliver addresses at
| the State fair.
| During the recent freshet on Keowee river
| the remains of a human skeleton was
washed out Of the earth on the west bank
| of the river, on the Alexander old place,
now occupied by Elliott Nimmons. The
! body is supposed to be that of an Indian, as
an Indian town called Keowee was at one
time located there.
Stephen Kinard, an old colored man, met
| with a fearful accident at Z. p. Matthews
saw mill, near Newberry, on Tuesday.
| While STOPPING down to remove sawdust,
the revolving saw struck his head, cutting
| through the skull from the eye to the crown,
! but not reaching the brain. The doctor
| took out pieces of bone and sewed up the
wound, but it is not probable that he
can survive.
| The follc wing commissions have been
| issued from the Adjutant Generals office:
| Spartanburg Rifles, B. B. Parks, Captain.
| Edgefield Hussars, w. w. Butler, Second
LleuUefldHt, u. w. DunCU, JuulOl DcCOIio
| Lieutenant AS indicating the military re-
vival in the State, it may be interesting to
| state that so far this year the Adjutant
| Generals office has received 200 more letters
| than reached it during the whole OF last
| year.
A strike occurred at Clifton Mills, at
Spartanburg, Wednesday. A few days ago
a hand was dismissed by Mr.. Converse for
| a good reason, and the next day q commit
tee from the Knights of Labor waited on
him and asked for the restoration of the
hand. MIR. Converse refused to treat with
them as knights of Labor. The conse-
quence was that about 100 hands struck
The places of many of them were filled, and
in few days everything will be going on as
usual
While the road hands were working last
Friday on the road near Blakeney's bridge
over Lynches river, near Camden, they
dug up human skeleton that appeared to
have been buried there great many years
ago. Alongside of it was a curiously carved
| pipe, made of soapstone The skeleton was
probably that of an Indian, and may have
been lying there for more than 100 years
past. The pipe was about fifteen inches
in length, but the pick, unfortunately,
struck the stem and broke it into two pieces
Job Worth shot and killed James Sadler,
about five miles from Prosperity Friday.
Sadler had sent Worth message, saying
he would kill him at first sight. Friday
while Worth was passing Sadlers house in a
wagon Sadler came out and asked Worth
if he had received his message. Worth
answered yes" Sadler, advancing, with
knife in hand, said he meant it, and Worth
shot him dead. Sadler was a bad man,
and has served a term in the penitentiary
for HOUSEKEEPING. Both parties were
young white men.
A mild sensation was created at Columbia
by the fact that the division revenue officer,
George B. Clark, had discovered i'll four
barroomS seven barrels of corn whisky bear
ing revenue stamps which had been used
once bsfore and cancelled. The whisky
came from distillers in North Carolina and
another State, and it is not thought that any
of the local dealers have knowingly qqpni we'd
at an infringement of the revenue law. The
blame is placed upon those who shipped the
goods. The whisky has been seiz9ao and the
matter will undergo Investigations sW
When Yellowstone Kit arrived at Column
bia, Clerk of Court Arthur made him pay
| county license of 300 for conducting the
business of "'peddler OF hawker" He pro-
tested, and the Clerk told him that If he
would present within month an opinion
| from the Attorney General to the effect that
he was not liable to the charge, the money
would be refunded. Such an opinion he OBJ
tanned and presented to-day. The County
| quested the Clerk to hold the money until
they could hold a meeting TO consider the
| matter. and this request will be acceded to.
| Manning was stirred up Monday by the
| announcement of the jailer that there
would be a wedding at the Jail promptly at
| O'Clock if he could get Trial Justice to
join the happy couple. Failing TO get
one, Probate Judge L. Applet was
| ties were A. j. Campbell, of Columbia, and
| Miss S. L. Nichols, of Clarendon. The
| groom is in Jail charged with malicious
| trespass, and will be tried at the October
| term of court The bride was dressed in
blue cashmere, while the groom wore
neither coat nor collar 1t is probable that
| they will spend their honeymoon in Jail,
unless the groom can give bail.
A suggestive political incident occurred
at Columbia Monday. An election was held
| in Ward to fill vacancy in the Board of
| Aldermen. e. w. Screven was the regular
! Democratic nominee. G. V. Allworden had
previously declined the nomination, but
bakers dozen of his friends, taking advan-
tage of the light vote for the regular nomi-
nee played the practical joke of electing
him over Mr.. Screven. The vote was: All
| worden Is, Screven g. Mr.. Allworden says
| he will not serve, and another election be-
| comes necessary. With equal indifference
| on the part of the Democratic voters the
| worst Radical negro in the city could have
been elected instead of reluctant Demo
| crat.
The Governors Guards of Columbia will
take at least thirty-one men to the Phila-
| delphia celebration. Several others may
determine to go. Although the communi-
| ty has not sustained the Guards financially,
| they are undeterred from their purpose TO
make the trip. They will start at / 40 p. m.
| tomorrow by the Piedmont Air Line, and
will reach Philadelphia at 2 p m. Wednes-
| day. Quarters have already been engaged
for them at Green's Hotel. The badges
| prepared by Miss +. G. McCants for the
! Guards on their Philadelphia trip have been
exhibited. They are the handsomest ever
| made in Columbia and are of blue silk, with
| the inscription in silver letters, and bear a
| heavy silver fringe. A palmetto tree is ar
| tstically worked on each in palmetto leaf,
and each has knot of palmetto leaf on the
| top. Each of the Philadelphia contingent
will have four of these badges Those worn
at Cleveland's Inauguration were so much
sought after by Northern soldiers that full
| supply was thought necessary for this oc-
| caSiOn.
The town authorities of Beaufort are hav
ing three artesian wells bored for the pur-
pose of securing "a better supply Of water
| for the fire department in case of fire. The
first one has reached depth of 6S feet, with
| the water within a few feet of the surface